A Podcast by– Sober on Purpose What is the secondary trauma affect on a family member who is living with an active addict? What does the family need to do to heal? Dr. Mike Barnes, Chief Clinical Officer at the Foundry Treatment Center shares his research about the...

Steamboat Pilot, May 2019 – Gov. Polis signed a bill into law that will expand a medication-assisted treatment program to help people recover from substance abuse, including in Routt County. File photo/John F. Russell STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill...

Kratom, an over-the-counter substance often marketed as a health supplement for pain relief, was found to be a cause of at least 91 overdose deaths in the U.S. between 2016 and 2017, according to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published...

Jason Dunn, appointed by President Trump, laid out some of his office’s redoubled tactics in an interview with The Colorado Sun — his most extensive remarks to the news media since taking office ason Dunn, Colorado’s new U.S. attorney, has made stemming the state’s...

Colorado lawmakers are attempting to pass a bill that would provide medication-assisted treatment programs to addicts across the state. The bill unanimously passed the Senate last week and heads to the House of Representatives. (Stock photo, Shutterstock) STEAMBOAT...

Despite mounting deaths and warnings, the Obama administration did not take extraordinary measures to confront an extraordinary crisis, experts say Washington Post — Judith Varone, 53, a waitress, died of a fentanyl­related overdose on March 23, 2013, in...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Ashley McAuliffe grew up as the typical Steamboat Springs native, skiing every chance she could and suffering the inevitable injuries from the sport. After a few broken ankles and wrists, plus a three-year regimen of opioids to handle the pain, she...

New England Journal of Medicine – Despite widespread awareness of the opioid-overdose crisis, the epidemic continues to worsen. In 2016, there were 42,249 opioid-overdose deaths in the United States, a 28% increase from the previous year. According to the National...

First bill often indicates state lawmakers’ top priority Denver Post, January 4, 2019 – State Senate President Leroy Garcia wants to rapidly expand a program that provides medical treatment to southern Coloradans battling opioid addiction, according to a draft of a...

In Maine, as in most other states in the U.S., patients on medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder weren’t allowed to take their life-saving medications while incarcerated. All that changed in October of this year, when the American Civil Liberties Union...